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Living room

‘I like mixing traditional features, but putting modern twists on them. The coving, windows and floorboards here are all quite traditional, but we’ve contrasted these with the more modern style panelling.’

BUY THE KEY PIECES Roche Bobois Blue velvet sofa, £900, eBay. Zebra artwork, £250, Carl Moore at Rise Art Abby Fox and her partner Louis Christie own a smart home technology company. They live here with their dog Ted.

“We designed the house to fit in with us and the way we wanted to live in

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